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Believer Posted 19 years ago
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a matter of one's perspective?
0 Hi, 02 br
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00 I got this sentence from this forum's thread started by Starstuff, which is "We acquaint ourselves with the different types of galaxies in the universe." 02 br
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00 I think there is "the" there because a person is seeing specific different types of galaxies in his mind (matter of his perspective) and 01 u 00 NOT because the phrase 'the different types' is restricted by the subsequent phrase 'of galaxies'. My contention is that this need for 'the' didn't come from context but rather how he sees the types, either generally or specifically. 02 u 02 br
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01 u 00 The cadets 02 u 00 in this academy are well-behaving. 02 br
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00 So, if that person wasn't looking at it without specificity in his mind, he would just as well have written "We acquaint ourselves with 01 u 00 different types 02 u 00 (without 'the') of galaxies in the universe." 02 br
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00 Am I right? 0-
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00 I got this sentence from this forum's thread started by Starstuff, which is "We acquaint ourselves with the different types of galaxies in the universe." 02 br
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00 I think there is "the" there because a person is seeing specific different types of galaxies in his mind (matter of his perspective) and 01 u 00 NOT because the phrase 'the different types' is restricted by the subsequent phrase 'of galaxies'. My contention is that this need for 'the' didn't come from context but rather how he sees the types, either generally or specifically. 02 u 02 br
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00 Similar to this: 02 br
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01 u 00 The cadets 02 u 00 in this academy are well-behaving. 02 br
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00 So, if that person wasn't looking at it without specificity in his mind, he would just as well have written "We acquaint ourselves with 01 u 00 different types 02 u 00 (without 'the') of galaxies in the universe." 02 br
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00 Am I right? 0-
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0 There is list of galaxy types. It is well known to astronomers. The different types of galaxies on that list are no doubt what the poster was referring to.
- 0 There is list of galaxy types.
- It is well known to astronomers.
- The different types of galaxies on that list are no doubt what the poster was referring to.
- 02 br 00 If there had been no such list, the poster would more likely have said, 01 i 00 ...
- acquaint ...
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0 There is list of galaxy types. It is well known to astronomers. The different types of galaxies on that list are no doubt what the poster was referring to. There was no need for the poster to have any galaxies in his mind. 02 br
00 If there had been no such list, the poster would more likely have said, 01 i 00 ... acquaint ... with different types of galaxies ... 02 i
00 If there had been no such list, the poster would more likely have said, 01 i 00 ... acquaint ... with different types of galaxies ... 02 i
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